New firmware for EOS-1D Mark III

For those of you lucky enough to have one of these, Canon has released firmware version 1.1.3 for its EOS-1D Mark III DSLR. The firmware update (Version 1.1.3) incorporates the following improvements and fixes. Increases transmission speed when using high-speed SD cards. Fixes a phenomenon involving not being able to release the shutter. Improves AF [...]

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Travel Photography Tips

Following my earlier post questioning whether the genre of Travel Photography was dead, the DPS has decided its not and has posted some links and advice for those wanting to get great photos. These include: Photographing People – Asking Permission Getting More Variety in Your Travel Photography Travel Photography – What to Take in Your [...]

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Export plugins for Lightroom 1.3

With version 1.3 of Lightroom, the export dialog has changed to allow plugins to be developed. There are now three plugins that allow you to automatically export to: Flickr Smugmug Zenfolio (Follow the links above to download them)

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Lightroom Catalogs: One or Many?

Interesting discussion on John Beardsworth’s blog. It seems to be in reaction to the O’reilly blog which suggests  a rather cumbersome (to me anyway) method of using multiple catalogs for different subject types. As John points out, the only two reasons they seem to have are: Its a work around for catalog performance problems that [...]

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Lightroom or Bridge?

If you’re unsure whether you should be using Lightroom or Bridge, the differences between the two, and if you still need Photoshop, then the PixelPerfect podcast has the answers for you. PixelPerfect Episode 57 – Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

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